Local Sports Briefs

Brent Power had a whale of a game as the H.J. Bartlett Electric Storm got past Holy Cross Trinity Pub 14-11 in St. John’s Molson senior baseball action Tuesday night at St. Pat’s Ball Park.

Power (11R, 8H, 11W, 2K) tossed 154 pitches in a complete-game effort, while helping his own cause by scoring three times and driving in three more. His brother Jared and Mike Dyke were both three-for-five.

Gerry Stone (3IP, 9R, 10H) started and took the loss for the Crusaders with Ryan Tapper (4IP, 5R, 7H, 2W, 1K) pitching in relief.

Down 6-3, the Raiders rallied to score five runs in the bottom of the fifth en route to an 8-6 win over the Shamrocks in St. John’s Molson intermediate baseball play at St. Pat’s Ball Park Tuesday night.

Evan Fitzpatrick, a former resident of St. John’s will be among 42 players attending the invite-only NHLPA Allstate All Canadians camp next week in Mississauga, Ont.

Fitzpatrick played in the St. John’s Caps Minor Hockey Association before moving to Nova Scotia last fall to attend the Newbridge Academy and train with goaltending coach Brad MacCharles.

The camp, led by 21-year veteran Gary Roberts, is hosted by NHL players such as the Philadelphia Flyers’s Claude Giroux and the Ottawa Senators’ Toronto Maple Leafs. Participants in the five-day camp will get instruction on nutrition, fitness, on-ice training and mental skills.

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